Emotionally Naked

<p><b>Discover&nbsp;effective strategies to help prevent&nbsp;youth&nbsp;suicide&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></p> <p>In&nbsp;<i>Emotionally Naked: A Teacher&rsquo;s Guide to Preventing&nbsp;Suicide&nbsp;and Recognizing Students at Risk</i>,&nbsp;trainer, speaker,&nbsp;and&nbsp;suicide loss survivor Anne Moss&nbsp;Rogers,&nbsp;and&nbsp;clinical&nbsp;social worker&nbsp;and researcher,&nbsp;Kimberly O&rsquo;Brien,&nbsp;PhD, LICSW,&nbsp;empower&nbsp;middle and high school educators&nbsp;with the&nbsp;knowledge and skills&nbsp;to leverage their relationships with students to&nbsp;reduce this threat to life.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>The purpose of this book is not to turn&nbsp;teachers into&nbsp;therapists but given&nbsp;the pervasive public health problem of suicide in our youth,&nbsp;it&rsquo;s&nbsp;a critical conversation that all educators need to&nbsp;feel comfortable having.&nbsp;Educators will learn&nbsp;evidence-based&nbsp;concepts of suicide prevention,&nbsp;plus&nbsp;lesser known&nbsp;innovative strategies and small culture shifts&nbsp;for the classroom&nbsp;to&nbsp;facilitate connection and healthy coping strategies, the foundation of suicide prevention.&nbsp;Included is&nbsp;commentary from&nbsp;teachers, school psychologists,&nbsp;experts&nbsp;in youth suicidology,&nbsp;leaders from mental health nonprofits,&nbsp;program directors,&nbsp;and&nbsp;students. In addition, readers will find&nbsp;practical tips, and sample scripts, with&nbsp;innovative&nbsp;activities&nbsp;that can be incorporated into teaching&nbsp;curricula.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>You&rsquo;ll&nbsp;learn about:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>The teacher&rsquo;s role in suicide prevention, intervention, postvention, collaboration&nbsp;</li> <li>The different and often cryptic ways students indicate&nbsp;suicidality&nbsp;</li> <li>What to do/say&nbsp;when a student tells you they are thinking&nbsp;of&nbsp;suicide&nbsp;</li> <li>Small shifts that can&nbsp;create&nbsp;a suicide-prevention classroom/school&nbsp;environment&nbsp;</li> <li>How&nbsp;to address&nbsp;a class of grieving students&nbsp;and the empty desk syndrome&nbsp;</li> <li>Link to a download of&nbsp;resources,&nbsp;worksheets, activities, scripts, quizzes, and more&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Who is it for:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Middle/high school&nbsp;teachers and educators,&nbsp;school counselors,&nbsp;nurses, psychologists, coaches,&nbsp;and administrators,&nbsp;as well as parents who wish to better understand the&nbsp;complex&nbsp;subject of youth suicide.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>